The African Democratic Congress has demanded President Tinubu either abandon his “neoliberal economic policies” or resign, citing World Bank data showing 139 million Nigerians living in poverty and a World Food Programme report warning of the worst food security crisis Nigeria has experienced in nearly a decade.
The African Democratic Congress has delivered one of the sharpest political verdicts yet on President Tinubu’s economic record — and it comes with an ultimatum.
In a statement signed by National Publicity Secretary Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi on Saturday, the ADC demanded that President Bola Tinubu either “abandon his neoliberal economic policies that has ruined the lives of almost the entire country or simply quit.”
Daily Trust reports that the party anchored its broadside on two damning international reports — the World Bank’s finding that 139 million Nigerians now live below the poverty line, and a World Food Programme (WFP) report warning that 17 million Nigerians are experiencing acute hunger in what it described as the country’s worst food security crisis in nearly a decade.
“These reports are stark evidence that the present administration’s economic policies have failed and are likely to deliver even more catastrophic consequences if President Tinubu continues in office beyond 2027,” the statement said.
The ADC was scathing about the administration’s celebration of macroeconomic indicators. “Instead of changing course, the government has stubbornly stuck with its ruinous economic policies and even continues to market recklessness as courage and wickedness as ‘necessary pains,'” the party said.
It described the poverty and hunger figures as Tinubu’s definitive scorecard. “On account of this catastrophic failure alone, President Tinubu should be contemplating resigning from office rather than seeking re-election,” the statement declared, adding that “a President whose government is not openly feasting while asking the people to continue fasting” was what Nigeria needed.
On its alternative agenda, the ADC promised structural reforms — reducing energy costs, securing farming communities, rehabilitating Nigeria’s 264 abandoned dams, and expanding year-round irrigation if voted into power.
“Hunger is the most honest measure of economic performance because it cannot be manipulated,” the party concluded.
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